Teen Poetry Honorable Mention: black, black

Brianna Krueger, 17, won honorable mention in poetry for those ages 15 to 18 in the Community Literary Awards competition. She's a junior at Mattawan High School and lives in Mattawan with her parents, Susan and Richard Krueger.

By Brianna Krueger

In a black, black dress
Walking down the aisle of death
Organs play the hum of torture
Legs stiffen as the gravity pulls me closer
"Say I do" the priest says to me
I look in the gleaming eyes of doom
Poof, chains are pulling me down
To the sound of the underground
Hark, how the angels don't sing
Sweat is dripping from my darkest secrets
One minute left of truth and fantasy
Till misery parts my way
When I say I do, that's when I'm through
I try to sow my lips shut
In a black, black dress with mouth wide shut
I'm stuck in a chamber
With no way out
Eyeballs glued to my every move
Till death do us part screams
In my ear; the devil is here
The devil walks among us
In a black tux
I'll never say I do
Not ever to you
Never I do